Band buckle



Feb. 4, 1936 1 w. H. DAVIS 2,029,413

BAND BUCKLE Filed March 17, 1954 Patented Feb. 4, 1936 PATENT OFFICE BAND BUCKLE Willie Henry Davis, Angola, La., assignor of onehalf to Arnaud Lacoste, New Roads, La.

. Application March 17, 1934, Serial No. 716,141

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to improvements in band buckles and relates more particularly to a novel form of buckle construction such as are used in cooperation with the bands extending about bales of cotton.

The present form of band buckle is of such- 1 design that it very often permits the slipping of the band in the buckle, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an improved form of band buckle of such nature that it will prohibit this slipping of the band when the cotton is released in the press.

Oftentime, in baling material, especially cotton, the band slips in the buckle, permitting the cotton to bulge at the end; in which event, the railroads charge additional freight rates as the cotton occupies more space. If more than one band slips, it is often necessary to re-press the cotton with quite an additional cost.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a band buckle which makes a double bind on the band making it impossible for the band to slip.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved band buckle in which the band may be readily applied to the buckle.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the claim appended hereto.

In the drawing, wherein like symbols refer to like or corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view showing a bale with band buckle applied thereto constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the improved band buckle with the ends of the band engaged therein.

Figure 3 is a similar view showing one end of the band partially removed.

Figure 4 is a perspective view or the band buckle in and by itself, and

Figure 5 is a plan view of the improved band buckle with the ends of the band engaged therein and partly shown in section.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 6 designates generally a bale of cotton or other material having the bands I of metal or other suitable material for binding same in compressed condition.

The improved band buckle is made from a flat piece 8 of metal or other appropriate material having three slots 9, I0 and II therein separated by the bars I2 and IS. The bar I3 is formed with a'gap I4 preferably offset to one side of its central portion, through which the looped band end I5 may be inserted and removed. Such bar I3 is also formed with a curved or cam wall IS on the side next the central slot I0.

In the use of the device, the band end I! is looped downwardly through the central slot I0 completely about the bar I 2 and thence upwardly through the side slot 9 and over the side wall portion I8 of the buckle, thus forming in the band two binds or bights in the parts represented at I9 and 20.

The other band end I5 is in a similar manner looped about the bar I3 downwardly through the central slot I0 and upwardly through the side slot I I, and thence over the side wall 2|, thus also forming in a similar way two bights or binds in the band, which avoid slipping of the band in the buckle. When it is desired to remove the bands, the looped band end I5 may be shifted to the'position indicated in Figure 3 along the cam wa'li I6 which will draw the ends I5 and I! of the band together and bring one side of the band I5 opposite the gap I4.

By springing up the long portion of the bar I3 which carries the cam edge I6, the side edge of the band portion I5 may be brought out through the gap I4 by lateral motion of the band and thus freedfrom the buckle. The previous riding of the looped band end I5 over the cam edge I6 will facilitate this disengagement, as it creates a certain looseness in the band ends making for free lateral play and movement. The band beingof spring metal or the like, the long portion of the bar I3 carrying the cam edge I6 may be easily sprung out and in; while the other short portion I3a of this bar will be more rigid and thus tend to maintain its'position in the plane of the buckle 8.

The improved buckle may be made of any material from which such buckles are usually made and the same is adaptable for binding bales of rags, paper, cotton, hemp, moss, or any other material or article susceptible of baling and binding.

The improved buckle may also be made in various sizes to suit the condition of the market and character of the material.

It will be understood that the band end I 5 may be applied to the band buckle by first looping the band end I5 and then inserting the looped end laterally over the long portion of the bar I3; thereafter permitting this long portion I3 to spring inwardly into the plane of the buckle 8 and then moving the looped portion of the band across the gap l5 and into engagement with both long and short portions l3 and 13a of the bar.

It is obvious that various changes and modifi-' side and one central slots, said slots being substantially parallel to one another and having bars between the side and central slots, said plate having side walls outwardly of the side slots, one of the bars at one side of the central slot being continuous from end to end, the other bar at the opposite side of the said central slot being interrupted and having a gap therein setting up communication between the central slot and the adjacent side slot, said gap being made more to one side of the central longitudinal portion of the bar than the other whereby to provide a comparatively rigid short leg and a long flexible leg normally in the plane of the plate and movable out of said plane and having at its inner side a cam wall tapering from the widest portion at substantially the base of the long spring leg in diminishing thickness toward the free flexible end of said leg, one end of the bale band being looped downwardly through the central slot and upwardly through one of the side slots about the continuous bar to form two 'bights in the doubled portion of the bale band end, the other end of the bale bandbeing looped downwardly through the central slot and thence upwardly through the other side slot, said slots 7 other side is enabled to be swung out through said gap.

WILLIE HENRY DAVIS. 

